Moosehead Breweries

Commercial Brewery in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada 🇨🇦

Established in 1867

Contact
89 Main Street West, Saint John, NB E2M 3H2, Canada
Subsidiaries
Moosehead Breweries owns 2 breweries:
Description
Defying the odds isn’t just what we do, it’s a part of our DNA. We were founded by a woman in 1867. Lived through two wars. Survived a fire. Overcame the Halifax Explosion. Competed as an independent company against breweries 100 times our size. We haven’t just survived - we’ve thrived. And while others back down, we outlast. Moosehead Breweries Limited is the last major brewery in Canada still owned by Canadians. The brewery is located in Saint John, New Brunswick and operates with values that have been safely guarded by the same family for 148 years. Despite obstacles – devastating fires, Prohibition, the Great Depression, two world wars, obstructive trade barriers, and bruising competition from breweries 100 times its size – Moosehead is one of the most durable and long lasting companies in Canada. Ultimately it has been the Oland family’s passion for beer that has enabled them to be successful over the long term. With their product on beer shelves from the Maritimes to B.C., and its flagship Moosehead Lager shipped to approximately 350 distributors in the U.S.; Moosehead has become an iconic mainstay in North America’s beer industry

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3.4/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 3 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 3.5
Overall Impression: Generic, Canadian, Unmemorable, Boring Pale Lager
Tried from Can on 18 Mar 2009 at 22:07

3.8/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 2 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 4
Yellow colour, medium white head. Aroma is hoppy and skunky. Flavour is slightly malty. Sweet and dry finish.
Tried on 27 Feb 2009 at 16:59

4.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 4
Half inch of bleached head, leaves some lacing. Typical mainstream lager appearence.Skunked aroma with a stale malty hit to follow.Sweet lemon taste assualts the palate. Very slight bitter finsh. Very little taste whatsover. Extremely watery.Very easy drinking, possibly ok for beach/bbq, if you can get over how watery this is.
Tried from Can on 19 Feb 2009 at 18:36

5.6/10 Appearance 3 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
S5L2F4T5O12 Green bottles from a 24 ct case, got a free moose shirt. Two 12 oz bottles in a big glass beaker, room to spare. Slight off aroma on lid pop but clears to an uncontaminated fresh olfactory in the tumbler. . Pale lager yellow. Thin white ring foam on top. Very good quality carbonation, sparkles on the palate. Taste is refreshingly enjoyable slugs. No off personality can be perceived. Maintains carbonated creaminess between tongue and roof of mouth thru session. Not outstandingly light, 4% goes a long way. If I try hard enough I can locate a tad of processed-ness on the finish, but just barely. Much less ill effects than most ale. Could drink a few of these, quality session. One of the more friendly cheap lagers. Pleasantly taken aback. Fine beer for a macro lager aficionado.
Tried from Bottle on 26 Jan 2009 at 16:20

2.6/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 2 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 1.5
Pours pale color with white head. Aroma is not so good. Taste that is there is pretty bad. I do not much like it, but apparently in Canada you have less choice of cheap beers. At least it has an extra .5 alcohol.
Tried from Can on 22 Dec 2008 at 15:47

4.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
[34.1cl bottle] Clear, pale golden colour with a blonde foamy white head. Slightly sweet and grainy, slightly papery nose with minimal sourish fruity accents of apricots, apples, which fade quickly and a gassy, slightly skunky touch in the wings. Light-bitter flavour, slim bodied with a fizzy carbonation. Slim malty base with a shy fruity touch. Light-bitter and slim finish with a light and slightly assertive tartness. Reminds me somewhat of a bland Kölsch [11.XII.08].
Tried from Bottle on 11 Dec 2008 at 17:00

3.5/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 3 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 3
Bottle 350ml. at home. Clear medium yellow color with a small to average, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, sweet, lime notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and some lime with a average duration. Body is light to medium, texture is watery, carbonation is soft. [160908]
Tried from Bottle on 10 Dec 2008 at 04:57

6.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
Ah, that old familiar skunk. Pours gold into a shaker. Bright white head with medium retention. Dry and crisp with cookie malt and skunk. Nostalgia knocks it up a few.
Tried on 18 Oct 2008 at 21:10

4/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4
This ale poured a light yellow colour with a bright white head. To the nose there is a metallic scent along with a sour hopp scent and ???? First taste was very watery with a mooth flavour of corn and malt. Finish was watery with a loght flavour of corn. Corporate muck!
Tried on 30 Sep 2008 at 20:50

4/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4
Bottle. Ahhh... so there’s some great memories even before first sip... Kevin (after a few Moosehead): \"You know, some people actually like this stuff.\" Well, many moons later, I’m looking at the same light gold liquid with a medium head and skunky hops aromas. Flavor is hops skunk up front that fizzles into an adjunct dominated finish. I’d imagine that Kevin was right... but dang! Who?
Tried from Bottle on 03 Sep 2008 at 22:38